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that's enough to buy about 230 desk made by workers in malawi. about 9,000 students will be using those desks when they arrive at classrooms and they will stay in classrooms for many years. so those 9,000 students will easily become 50,000 student and that's just what we've been able to do in the last week alone. better tools, a better education, that most basic tool, a desk, a place to sit, a place to read, a place to learn. since i partnered with unicef with the k.i.n.d. fund, we have raised $4,734,944. you have filled me with awe each year and i am getting hesitant to tell you how much we have raised because it might sound like we have all the money we need. we don't. if i could bring you with me to see schools without a single desk, you would know that we need every desk we can possibly pay for. every one. and at the pace we're going, more r we're more than a generation alone for providing desks for every classroom in malawi. i will be asking for your help for kids in need of desks. tonight, i want to introduce a new option you will have in c
that's enough to buy about 230 desk made by workers in malawi. about 9,000 students will be using those desks when they arrive at classrooms and they will stay in classrooms for many years. so those 9,000 students will easily become 50,000 student and that's just what we've been able to do in the last week alone. better tools, a better education, that most basic tool, a desk, a place to sit, a place to read, a place to learn. since i partnered with unicef with the k.i.n.d. fund, we have raised...
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we are still raising money to have kids' deskses delivered in malawi, and since i last talked to you last week we raised another $240,262 since christmas day. $203,000 were for girls' schools. i will be buying desks as holiday presents for the next several days. that's just how far behind i am on my gift giving, and you can too, of course. we've raised close to $700,000 in the month of december alone, [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i'm still "stubbed" up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have a decongestant. no way. [ male announcer ] sorry. alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms plus has a fast acting decongestant to relieve your stuffy nose. [ sighs ] thanks! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus. ♪ oh what a relief it is! ♪ [ male announcer ] to learn more about the cold truth and save $1 visit alka-seltzer on facebook. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in
we are still raising money to have kids' deskses delivered in malawi, and since i last talked to you last week we raised another $240,262 since christmas day. $203,000 were for girls' schools. i will be buying desks as holiday presents for the next several days. that's just how far behind i am on my gift giving, and you can too, of course. we've raised close to $700,000 in the month of december alone, [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took...
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back at home in neighboring malawi, he was unemployed. here in tete, business is thriving. >> the money i receive, i use to buy commodities there in malawi. so my life is now changing just because i can afford some commodities i was lacking before. so i've just even bought some shoes i didn't have before and now i have just bought them. >> but others are being left behind in the coal boom. jaime guta owns one of two carpentry shops in tete. he hasn't received any orders from the large coal companies -- they prefer to buy what they need abroad, in larger quantities. >> the big companies should give us more time for production, and they should be more transparent when it comes to awarding contracts. on the whole, the population and the small businesses are pleased that major projects like the coal operation have come to tete. but we need to know how to make the best of it -- what opportunities are there, what kinds of services are needed, and what quality is required? >> for these small businesses, and for mozambique as a whole -- the coal
back at home in neighboring malawi, he was unemployed. here in tete, business is thriving. >> the money i receive, i use to buy commodities there in malawi. so my life is now changing just because i can afford some commodities i was lacking before. so i've just even bought some shoes i didn't have before and now i have just bought them. >> but others are being left behind in the coal boom. jaime guta owns one of two carpentry shops in tete. he hasn't received any orders from the...
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when she started a school for aids orphans in her native malawi. honored as a top ten cnn hero in 2008, she's now joined forces with two other honorees. magnus mcfarland barrow was recognized in 2010 for his work feeding schoolchildren around the globe. >> he started his organization in malawi so i just asked him to consider us. >> i was very struck by her. i felt we were people who could work together. >> this is the stove. >> today, magnus' organization, mary's meals, provides free porridge daily to all 400 of marie's students. >> his support means the children will always have something to eat. he is a saint to me. >> 2010 honoree evans makes solar lanterns for rural african communities. evans visited marie's school and recently his team taught students to build their own lamps. >> for the family, it cuts the costs and for the children, it's helping them to study. evans really motivated our kids to be inventors. they have come up with their own little models. >> now, her students plan to supply lamps to their community. with creativity and compa
when she started a school for aids orphans in her native malawi. honored as a top ten cnn hero in 2008, she's now joined forces with two other honorees. magnus mcfarland barrow was recognized in 2010 for his work feeding schoolchildren around the globe. >> he started his organization in malawi so i just asked him to consider us. >> i was very struck by her. i felt we were people who could work together. >> this is the stove. >> today, magnus' organization, mary's meals,...
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only 7% of girls in malawi complete their high school education. families that find a way to pay for tuition are more likely to send their sons to school. that's not a good thing. with the donation of just $177, you can pay for a full year's tuition for a girl in malawi. that covers everything, tu is, transportation, books, uniform and any other learning material she may need. since we have announced the tuition program, we have raised month are than 30,000 for girls. that does not include the $20,000 that i contributed to the tuition fund here on the
only 7% of girls in malawi complete their high school education. families that find a way to pay for tuition are more likely to send their sons to school. that's not a good thing. with the donation of just $177, you can pay for a full year's tuition for a girl in malawi. that covers everything, tu is, transportation, books, uniform and any other learning material she may need. since we have announced the tuition program, we have raised month are than 30,000 for girls. that does not include the...
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this is a country in africa called malawi. this is a school, this is a classroom. there are no desks. here are some children in pain from sitting on the dirt floor for eight hours a day and here is one being told that the earth goes around the sun. here is where i'm telling you that learning is like a mountain. it's hard at first to climb, harder for some but once you reach the peak it becomes self-perpetuating, transformative, on and on for the rest of your life. here are the desks and what they look like. here are how many children usually sit at one. here are how many children will sit at your desk in their lifetime. here is the limit of what someone can do when they love to learn. >> that's what evan did last year when i told you about the progress with the k.i.n.d. fund, kids in need of desks. he told people about it and did it in such a strikingly creative way that as soon as i saw it, i said, why isn't that guy working here? and now is he. that's how much we pay attention to you and your online comments and your tweets, because we know that plenty of you hav
this is a country in africa called malawi. this is a school, this is a classroom. there are no desks. here are some children in pain from sitting on the dirt floor for eight hours a day and here is one being told that the earth goes around the sun. here is where i'm telling you that learning is like a mountain. it's hard at first to climb, harder for some but once you reach the peak it becomes self-perpetuating, transformative, on and on for the rest of your life. here are the desks and what...
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we are still raising money to have kids' deskses delivered in malawi, and since i last talked to you last week we raised another $240,262 since christmas day. $203,000 were for girls' schools. i will be buying desks as holiday presents for the next several days. that's just how far behind i am on my gift giving, and you can too, of course. we've raised close to $700,000 in the month of december alone, bringing our grand total raised since we started this program two years ago to
we are still raising money to have kids' deskses delivered in malawi, and since i last talked to you last week we raised another $240,262 since christmas day. $203,000 were for girls' schools. i will be buying desks as holiday presents for the next several days. that's just how far behind i am on my gift giving, and you can too, of course. we've raised close to $700,000 in the month of december alone, bringing our grand total raised since we started this program two years ago to
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they were the people who first told me how badly they needed desks in malawi, but no one can thank you better than the kids themselves. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a little bit of help finding his way. ♪ [ laughs ] [ applause ] i love you. i love you, too. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. ♪ i tell them nturesre very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer d ve surface pores where bacteri multiply. polident is specifically desned its uniq mic-
they were the people who first told me how badly they needed desks in malawi, but no one can thank you better than the kids themselves. [ emily jo ] derrell comes into starbucks with his wife, danielle, almost every weekend. derrell hasn't been able to visit his mom back east in a long time. [ shirley ] things are sometimes a little tight around the house. i wasn't able to go to the wedding. [ emily jo ] since derrell couldn't get home, we decided to bring home to him and then just gave him a...
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the number of people newly infected with the virus has dropped by 70% in malawi, botswana, and namibia in the past decade. the hiv infection rate is also slowing worldwide. in 2001, 3.3 million people contracted hiv. by 2011, the number had dropped to 2.5 million. that is around 20% fewer infections. better and more effective drugs have also meant far fewer people are dying from aids. in 2005, the number stood at 2.2 million worldwide. that fell to 1.7 million in 2011, a 24% drop. >> the pace of progress is a quickening. what used to take a decade is now being achieved in just 24 months. an upbeat news from you and aids, though it warns that sub- saharan africa remains the region in the world worst hit by hiv. 34 million people are affected by hiv around the globe. 23 million live in sub-saharan africa. in some areas, hiv is a growing threat. in eastern europe, central asia and north africa, infection rates are going up since public discussion of the issue is virtually nonexistent. high risk groups such as drug addicts are ostracized. aids remains a political issue. as long as governme
the number of people newly infected with the virus has dropped by 70% in malawi, botswana, and namibia in the past decade. the hiv infection rate is also slowing worldwide. in 2001, 3.3 million people contracted hiv. by 2011, the number had dropped to 2.5 million. that is around 20% fewer infections. better and more effective drugs have also meant far fewer people are dying from aids. in 2005, the number stood at 2.2 million worldwide. that fell to 1.7 million in 2011, a 24% drop. >> the...
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malawi to see the children and had the privilege to see the children whom this will make a big difference. >> i'm hoping some of the girl schools in this country where they have annual tuitions more than $25 thou,000 a year, some them will jump in and help, the schools around the country that can do it. >> that and what we spend on clothes for children -- >> and we'll take any amount. >> absolutely any amount. >>caryl stern gets tonight's last word. thank you, caryl "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. president obama and john boehner are on a collision course. tonight i'll tell you who is going to be blink first. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> the leverage is going the shift to our side where hopefully we'll do the same thing we did last time. >> republicans reveal their fiscal cliff end game. give in on taxes and take the economy hostage again. congressman chris van hollen responds tonight. >>> somehow raising the medicare eligibility age is back in the fiscal cliff discussion. david cay johnston says it would b
malawi to see the children and had the privilege to see the children whom this will make a big difference. >> i'm hoping some of the girl schools in this country where they have annual tuitions more than $25 thou,000 a year, some them will jump in and help, the schools around the country that can do it. >> that and what we spend on clothes for children -- >> and we'll take any amount. >> absolutely any amount. >>caryl stern gets tonight's last word. thank you,...
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. >> he started this organization in malawi. so i just asked him to consider us. >> i was very struck by her. i felt we were people who could work together. >> this is the stove. >> today, magnus's organization mary's meals provides free porridge daily to all of her citizens. >> he is a saint to me. >> 2010's evans lodango makes lanterns. recently his team taught students to build their own lamps. >> for the family, it cuts the costs and for the children, it's helping them to study. evans really motivated our kids to be inventors. they've come up with their own little models. >> now marie's students plan to supply lamps to their community, with creativity and compassion, these cnn heroes are helping each other to change even more lives. >> cnn heroes coming together to work together. it's a family. how sweet is that? >>> and a programming note. tune in sunday for our pre-show special "sharing the spotlight" at 8:00 p.m. eastern before the main event. "cnn heroes: an all-star tribute" at 9:00 p.m. hosted by anderson cooper. >>> j
. >> he started this organization in malawi. so i just asked him to consider us. >> i was very struck by her. i felt we were people who could work together. >> this is the stove. >> today, magnus's organization mary's meals provides free porridge daily to all of her citizens. >> he is a saint to me. >> 2010's evans lodango makes lanterns. recently his team taught students to build their own lamps. >> for the family, it cuts the costs and for the...
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organization out of boston delivers health care to the poorest of poor initially in haiti and rwanda and malawi. they used diesel generators because they had no choice to power the hospital. we told them this is a better way. it will cost more up front with a solar solution, but over time they're actually saving money, lots of money. so it's not just a more sustainable way took economicabeconomica economical economically. it's a smarter way. >> this is about a project in west africa, because it's not just the power and lights. it is a whole revolution in irrigation. take a look. >> thanks to irrigation, the production is multiplied by ten. the crops are more varied and today maize, tomatoes or salad even grow here. >> these women can now feed their families all year-round but also earn money and rise from poverty by selling their crops on the markets. commerce has appeared thanks to solar power, a first step towards development. >> you and i met a few years ago, and you told me about this project. i feel like you should have a budget of a billion dollars. i'm serious. it does seem to me like th
organization out of boston delivers health care to the poorest of poor initially in haiti and rwanda and malawi. they used diesel generators because they had no choice to power the hospital. we told them this is a better way. it will cost more up front with a solar solution, but over time they're actually saving money, lots of money. so it's not just a more sustainable way took economicabeconomica economical economically. it's a smarter way. >> this is about a project in west africa,...